ƒ Alain Jacquet (1939-2008)
Gabrielle d'Estrées, 1965
Silkscreen on canvas
Signed and dated on the bottom left
Annotated on the reverse on the frame : "AJ-GAB-65-6"
114 x 162 cm
Provenance : Galerie Daniel Varenne, Geneva
Exhibitions:
- Lodzi, Museum Sztuki, "Alain Jacquet", 1969, similar work illustrated in the catalogue
- Grenoble, Saint-Etienne, Marseille, "3 villes.....3 Collections....", 1971, similar work illustrated in the catalogue
- Saint-Etienne, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, "Nouvelle peinture en France", 1974, similar work illustrated in the catalogue p.29
- Paris, Galerie Jousse-Seguin, "Alain Jacquet", 1991, similar work illustrated in the catalogue
- Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée d'Art moderne, "Alain Jacquet", similar work in the permanent collection
- Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée d'Art Moderne, "De Klein à Warhol", 1998, similar work illustrated in the catalogue p.85
- Nice, Musée d'Art Moderne, "Alain Jacquet-Camouflages et trames", 2005, similar work illustrated in the catalogue
- Paris, Musée Marmottan, "La toilette, naissance de l'intime", 2015, similar work
Bibliography: Jacques Lepage, Chronique de l'art vivant, n°49, "Peinture/Peinture", May 1974, similar work illustrated p.17
This work will be included in the artist's Catalogue Raisonné, currently in preparation, under n°AJ-GAB-65-6
Note : This is a modernist rereading of the well known Fontainebleau school portrait of Gabrielle d'Estree and her sister, the Duchesse de Villars. Here, the subject is reduced to a snapshot image of leisure society, itself concealed by the differentiated treatment of color in grids and large horizontal planes.
